Spring-protector for carriage-top bows.



PATENTED Nov. 22, 1904.

. G. H. SOOY.

SPRING PROTECTOR FOR CARRIAGE TOP BOWS.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 9, 1903.

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ZZZ 51315555 JNVENTOR ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES Patented November 22, 1904.

PATENT OrricE.

SPRING-PROTECTOR FOR CARRIAGE-TOP BOWS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 775,583, dated November 22, 1904,

Application filed April 9, 1903. Serial No. 151,794. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES HUGH 8001', a citizen of the United States, residing at North San Juan, in the county of Nevada and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spring-Protectors for Bows of Carriage-Tops, of which the following is a specification.'

My invention relates to an improved protector for the bows of tops for buggies or carriages, and is especially applicable for tops the frames of which swing onpivots at the sides and have side bars, known as bows, which are supported by rails when the frame is lowered. It has been found that the continued vibration of the carriage-frame transmitted through the said bows to the carriagetop has the effect of eventually bending and even breaking said bows. This is particularly the case when the carriage is used over rough roads.

It is the object of my invention to provide a cheap and simple means for avoiding this loss and annoyance. I obtain these ends by the novel combination of parts hereinafter fully specified, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion of a buggy and buggy-top equipped with my improvement, showing the bow of the buggy-top resting upon its support. Fig. 2 is an enlarged side View of said bow resting on the rail, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the spring and clamping devicedetached.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents the frame of the buggy, and 2 the buggy-top, having the bow 3 at each side, which resting upon the rail 4: supports the weight of the whole top when lowered. In my invention I interpose between said how and rail a bow-spring 5, which is made of a strip of spring metal, secured at one end, as shown at 6, to the bow 3, the other end being free to slide along said how. As will be seen from the drawings, the

' spring is curved away from the bow at considerable distance in the center, so that considerable amplitude of resilient movement is permitted to said spring. Thus the whole vibration which ordinarily is imparted to the carriage-top is now taken up by the spring. The fixed end of the spring can be secured in any desired manner to the bow, and in the present instance I have shown it secured by providing at the end of the spring two ears 7, through which pass the threaded ends 8 of a U-clamp 9, which is passed around the bow, said threaded ends being secured by nuts 10 on the under side of said ears. The spring is extended be yond said clamping device and is curved to fit snugly around the bow, as shown at 12, as

is likewise the free end 11 of the'spring, which slides along the under side of the bow.

It will be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction of spring here shown, still less to the precise manner of attaching the fixed end of the spring to the bow; but

What I claim is In combination with the bow of a carriagetop frame, and the support therefor upon the carriage-frame, a bow-spring plate interposed therebetween having lateral ears, a U-clamp around the bow having threaded ends passed through said ears, nuts on said threaded ends on the lower side of said ears, the other end of the bow-spring being concave and fitting against the under side of the bow and sliding freely thereunder, and the first end having an extension beyond the ears pressing against the under side of the bow, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES HUGH SOOY.

Witnesses:

JAooB GILBERT, J. S. BRADBURY 

